• wowwoweowza@lemmy.ml
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    6 months ago

    So… when I want to control content I’m consuming, I get the .mp3 or .pdf or whatever it is I’m interested in.

    How is grayjay a more reliable manner of being in control of my content on cross country drives ir wherever? I’m not tracking here. Why would anyone choose grayjay over simply controlling their own drives?

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      6 months ago

      What makes it not Foss? The source code is available and you can build it yourself if you want to

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            6 months ago

            Nope. Its not the definition of open source. Its the defenition of “source availiable”

            Real open source defenition : https://opensource.org/osd

            Real Free Software defenition : https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html

            Have a good read. If you want tl;dr, here is it

            Open source is a developement methodology in which software is licensed with the permission for everyone to collaborate and develop it. Anyone has the freedom to modify and contribute to it.

            Free software is a matter of freedom. It refers to the 4 essential freedoms a software should have, that is freedom to use, modify, share copies and share modified copies for the community however you want without restriction.

            FOSS is software that fits both theese defenitions. While practically almost all free software are open source and almost all open source software are free software, but there are few exeptions

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      6 months ago

      YouTube sent him a cease and desist for an app he is creating/distributing claiming that the app is using YouTubes API in an app but apparently the app doesn’t use the API. So he basically replied “No, we aren’t using that data, check our open-source code” and that he has no plans on stopping

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      YouTube legal wants Futo to release apis and user data to them as they believe Grayjay is violating their terms.

      Grayjay doesn’t store user data nor is it using their APIs so the terms don’t apply

      Futo will not be removing Grayjay and won’t be complying with a request that cannot be fulfilled.

      Other details:

      • YouTube Premium’s download feature still requires an Internet connection to access content downloaded.

      • Louis makes the point of being tired of paying for products and services that end up giving you less and less, which is part of the reason why Grayjay was created

      • Content creators shouldn’t fear of being banned by an temperamental AI that could cripple their livelihood without an explanation which Grayjay attempts to solve as viewers can still access their content on Rumble, Twitch and other platforms if they get banned on Youtube.

      Good on Louis for sticking to his guns.

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    6 months ago

    I was just looking for a YouTube frontend alternative to install on a LineageOS device and this post pops up on my feed. Straisand effect at its finest.